'Tis the season for parties, pictures and parades. Show your jingle bell jolliness without looking like a Christmas catastrophe!

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Make sure you find out ahead of time what the dress code will be. It can be awkward showing up to a dressy event in jeans. Going overdressed has its own problems. When in doubt, ask another person what they are wearing. That way, if you are both wrong, you will only get half the ribbing.

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Go overboard. If it's in your personality, try something really novel, as in this image.

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Dress your man! The way your man dresses will show your overall mood about it as a couple. Give him a few choices instead of laying out exactly what he has to wear.

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Dress the kids. Christmas kids are absolutely gorgeous. Only do it if they agree or are too young to notice though. Resentful kids at Christmas are a bore.

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Dress the pet. After all, why not? It's cute and it's inclusive.

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If in doubt, a business casual dress code usually works, just not too casual. Remember, people take pictures that will inevitably end up on the company/family/neighborhood web page.

Basic black works for everything. It works great for weddings and funerals both, so why not bring it into the Holidays? Mix in a little color with it. A simple pair of black pants (guys and girls) with a red or green top (gold if you're adventurous)is fine, just don't overdo it.

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A note for kids: everything Holiday related on kids is cute. You really don't have to follow any rules for them. Pretty much anything goes. Don't, however, put an extremely large quantity of hair ornaments on your girls. She is going to pull off half of them and the other half are going to fall out.

Warnings

KISS: Keep It Simple, Stupid! If you would laugh at that outfit on somebody else, do the exact opposite!